evil eye

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for evil eye
Noun
  • Witnesses recall seeing sufferers with so many pox on their faces that their features were no longer identifiable.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After two weeks, the pox usually began to scab.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • On bringing locals back to Bourbon Street: New Orleans is known for obviously a lot of its spiritual energy, the voodoo, the occult and all this stuff.
    Elazar Sontag, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • After Mosey was accused of rape, Bruny urged him to partake in a Haitian rum-bath ritual; when Mosey was acquitted in March 2023, Bruny told him the voodoo gods had taken a hand in the verdict.
    Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The sheer volume of deals promoted by Amazon during sales like Prime Day is a blessing and a curse.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 12 June 2025
  • No conference in major college football can match the Big 12 for parity, which is both a blessing and curse.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • This is his second spell as manager after Al Ittihad briefly lured him away to work in the Saudi Pro League.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 June 2025
  • As for what comes next in Dabbagh’s club career – after his loan spell with Aberdeen ended on a spectacular high, he is set to return to Charleroi, with his current contract reportedly running until 2026.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
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“Evil eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evil%20eye. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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